Grand Sumo Breakdown

The haru basho is complete and our long wait for more sumo begins again. Hopefully our thoughts can help tide you over. We have word from our legal sponsor once again at 50:53 and we'll see you again soon with some bonus episodes!

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*Spoilers through day 6*

Just like this basho, nobody knows who will make it through this podcast. We manage to hold it together just long enough to get through our thoughts. Check out a trailer for an upcoming film at 27:02 and leave us a message at our new Google Voice number, 805 - 613 - SUMO!

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The long drought is over and we finally have more sumo! To mark the occasion we tricked Tachiai.org's Bruce into giving us the secrets to the lower divisions of sumo that we don't know much about. If you want to skip our nonsense, you can find the interview in between ads from our sponsors at 39:00 and 69:47. As always we want to know what you think, so leave us a voice mail at our new Google voice number, 805-613-SUMO (7866)!

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The sport of sumo is a reflection of Japanese culture, and a lot of that culture comes from Japan's national religion: Shinto. Well, it's kind of a religion. Kind of not. Well, maybe. We needed our friend Katie to help us figure it out.

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Take a dive into the ancient past, with our research project into the very earliest stars of sumo. We follow Jinmaku's quest to document the first men men to be called Yokozuna.

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The first basho of 2018 has come and gone. We laughed, we cried, we got a crazy surprise winner. The GSB crew covers all the big stories with special guests Robot Mak and Depression Flyric. Check out an ad for sumo's next big event at 42:08 and let us know what you think!

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*Spoilers through day 8*

There have been a couple of high-profile injuries, but it kinda feels like there are fewer than normal, doesn't it? Either way we have an ad from our health sponsor at 17:49. We cover the current standings, surprises, storylines, and more in our Hatsu midway episode!

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The best way to start a new year is always with sumo, and the first basho breakdown arrives just in time for the Hatsu tournament. We have a word from our legal sponsor at 36:13 and a special guest appearance in the background from Piper the puppy! Despite being completely supervised and having all her needs met, she tried her best impression of a screaming banshee. Piper the puppy has been dismissed from Grand Sumo Breakdown. 

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Instead of spending all of January's preview episode covering the Harumafuji retirement story, we decided to put together a bonus episode to get it all out of the way. We cover the events, the fallout, and debate how we think it should have been handled (since we are, of course, the experts).

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Just in time for the holidays, check out GSB's first annual Year-End Award Show! This episode was recorded in front of a live stadium audience that totally wasn't added in post. Let us know who we missed or how wrong our picks were!

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